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The child's portion, or, The unseen glory of the children of God asserted and…
The child's portion, or, The unseen glory of the children of God asserted and proved together with several other sermons / occasionally preached and now published by Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston, New-England.
printed by Samuel Green, 1684
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2. The faithful servants of God, who have been called to declare his mind in the most public, and general Assemblies, have predicted and forewarned us of Judgement coming, except by repentance we prevent it: This hath been a point in which there hath been such an universal concurrence, that we have abundant reason to conclude that there hath been much of the presence of God with them in it; They have ⟨p. 158⟩from one time to another solemnly warned us of, and called upon us to prepare for these calamities.
2. The faithful servants of God, who have been called to declare his mind in the most publike, and general Assemblies, have predicted and forewarned us of Judgement coming, except by repentance we prevent it: This hath been a point in which there hath been such an universal concurrence, that we have abundant reason to conclude that there hath been much of the presence of God with them in it; They have ⟨p. 158⟩from one time to another solemnly warned us of, and called upon us to prepare for these calamityes.
3. Since the time wherein God by his servants began to treat us with these warnings, his hand hath bin awfully out upon us in taking away eminent, useful, public & pious men: God hath since that time seemed to be upon quick dispa• ches in that business, our eyes have scarcely bin dry for one (though alas! they are too soon dry) but another's death hath alarum'd us: the ancient pillars on which our foundations once stood strong are almost all gone, •ea & also many young ones, and very likely to have bin eminently useful, to have bin placed in their rooms, and hopeful to have made up the breach have bin plucked out again, as it were by force.
3. Since the time wherein God by his servants began to treat us with these warnings, his hand hath bin awfully out upon us in taking away eminent, useful, publique & pious men: God hath since that time seemed to be upon quick dispa ches in that busines, our eys have scarcely bin dry for one (though alas! they are too soon dry) but anothers death hath alarum'd us: the ancient pilars on which our foundations once stood strong are almost all gon, ea & also many young ones, and very likely to have bin eminently usefull, to have bin placed in their roomes, and hopefull to have made up the breach have bin pluckt out agen, as it were by force.